Brady Goss returns to Wallowa County with his full band to play at Enterprise’s OK Theatre on Friday, Nov. 24.

ENTERPRISE — Wallowa County’s own Brady Goss brings his full band to the OK Theatre stage Friday, Nov. 24, starting at 7 p.m.

Tickets are $15 for students, seniors and veterans and $20 for general admission. Purchase tickets at eventbrite.com.

Goss’ post-Thanksgiving appearances have become another tradition in Wallowa County — a well-deserved break from football, leftovers and dishwashing for music fans, The Brady Goss Band’s lively show will get the audience rocking and rolling into the holiday season.

In a recent interview with Goss, whose home base is West Linn, he said he has a handful of shows in November and December, but the pace has slowed some, giving time for recording and delving into a side project.

In his home studio, a garage he turned into a recording space, he said he is working on a blues album as well as an album that showcases Goss’ different styles of music.

“The blues project is coming but the other one — a mix of all the styles I like. I started before COVID and I’m trying to finish it up. We recorded half of it in a different studio and now we are trying to put it back together in this studio,” Goss said. “Getting things across from one studio to another is tricky.”

Like many other musicians sidelined by pandemic restrictions, Goss found himself busy doing things that supported his trade.

“I had a 2×4 structure — a detached garage — and figured out how to do all of the DIY electrical work, sheetrock installation and soundproofing,” Goss said.

A friend and sound engineer who helps Goss with his recordings in exchange for use of the studio supplied the recording equipment. A few other musicians have used the studio in the past few years, as well.

“My partner has a bunch of really nice gear that I’m learning to run — it’s a big learning curve,” Goss said.

Fans of Goss are familiar with his boogie-woogie piano style, based on Jerry Lee Lewis.

“Jerry Lee Lewis is all Dad would listen to,” Goss said. “I’ve always been able to memorize music well and hear the nuances — dad could too and he showed me a lot of things to listen to, so I glommed onto those things and my ears were trained to catch those little things.”

Enamored with the piano in his family’s home from the age of 2, by the time he was 4, he was on the piano bench. Showing immense talent at a young age, Goss has expanded his musical interest and talent beyond boogie-woogie and the flashy showmanship that often goes with it, though still plays solo shows as well as with his full band. The demand for his live performances continues to increase.

“I was pretty fortunate in 2023 and had plenty of work playing all of the same gigs I do each year, but to pursue something more interesting means taking a loss in pay — like doing original material and playing new venues,” he said.

One of his new adventures is playing in an Allman Brothers cover band with what he called “high-caliber musicians.”

“It was really fun getting into the Allman Brothers cover band — it got the creative juices flowing,” Goss said.

Not a natural-born Allman Brothers fan, he said now that he is involved in the project, he is enjoying the music as well as the audiences’ reactions, as most know the music well.

“One of our drummers kinda knew the Allman Brothers in the early ‘70s,” Goss said, explaining the band’s genesis. “We are trying to get into bigger venues — festivals, ballrooms and the casinos.”

Like the Allman Brothers, the cover band has two drummers who Goss says are both very good, as are guitar players.

“It takes some adjustments to get the right personnel in the band,” Goss said.

Other opportunities to move beyond the rock and roll piano shows, Goss said, will be in the studio.

“The studio work will bring good promotion, good videos and marketing for our original songs, but it’s a lot more work than revisiting the venues I’ve played for years,” he said.